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A COMMISSIONER•SIEBERT STATED THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN LEAD TO BELIEVE, AND A GREAT NUMBER OF PLANNERS HE HAS TALKED TO ARE OF THE OPINION, THAT THE STATE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACT, AFTER IT IS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED IN 1979, PROHIBITS REZONING IN CONFLICT WITH THE t MASTER PLAN; HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE REZONING ACCORDING TO THE MASTER PLAN. THE PLAN IS MERELY A TOOL SO YOU CAN PLAN YOUR SERVICES TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 1990. DR. ORMAN STATED THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT IT IS THE PLAN OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS PROJECTED TO LOOK LIKE, BUT IF YOU DON `T HAVE YOUR ZONING IMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT THE TIME IT IS ADOPTED, IT IS HIS OPINION, AND HE HAS RESEARCHED IT, THAT IT WAS THE INTENT OF THE FRAMERS OF THE ACT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BRING YOUR ZONING INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE PLAN IN A REASONABLY SHORT TIME AFTER ITS ADOPTION. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE THE DEVELOPER BRINGS IN REQUESTING A CHANGE TO A NEW ZONING CATAGORY IS THAT THE PLAN SUPPORTS IT. HE, THEREFORE, BELIEVED THE IMPACT GOES BOTH WAYS AND FELT THAT THE BOARD SHOULD NOT CHANGE ZONING IN VIOLATION OF THE PLAN AND ALSO THAT THE ZONING SHOULD IMPLEMENT THE PLAN THAT IS ADOPTED. - HE NOTED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS SAYS IN CONSIDERING CHANGES TO THE PLAN, YOU SHOULD GO THROUGH THE STAGES THAT DEVELOPED THE PLAN IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND HE DID NOT FEEL THAT THIS HAS BEEN DONE. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF HE IS AWARE THAT INDIAN RIVER.COUNTY HAS NOT ADOPTED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. HE FELT BASICALLY WHAT DR. ORMAN IS SAYING IS THAT IF THE COMMISSIONERS FELT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A NEED FOR SPECIFIC CHANGE IN 1990, THAT IT MUST BE PUT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NOW. THUS WE MUST THINK TWENTY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, AND DR. ORMAN IS SAYING THE ZONING MAP MUST REFLECT A CHANGE THAT WOULD ALLOW A DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR TWENTY YEARS AHEAD OF TIMER DR. ORMAN SAID THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT YOU PLAN TWENTY YEARS IN ADVANCE. IT LEAVES IT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMUNITY. 6 HE NOTED THAT IT IS REQUIRED TO REVISE THE PLAN ANNUALLY AND MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE REVISION EVERY FIVE YEARS AND RECOMMENDED THE BOARD LOOK I AHEAD TWENTY YEARS FOR THE BROAD SCOPE BUT DEVELOP THE PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. I CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT IF IT IS CHANGEABLE EVERY YEAR, IT IS NOT ETCHED IN CONCRETE. 21 1 OCT 2 0.1978 nox 37 pAv I317